Water restored for Montgomery Co. neighborhood after outage during winter storm, county judge says

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Leading up to this weekend's winter storm, the concern for power outages was on many people's minds. However, in a Montgomery County neighborhood, residents lost something they weren't expecting.

Water was restored Monday morning to the Lexington Heights subdivision in Willis, off FM 1097, after county officials said the neighborhood had not had water since Saturday evening.

County Judge Mark Keough said that following weekend repairs, water was restored and pressure was within normal range by Monday morning.

Ronnie Dedominicis said that he received an email from his water company about the outage.

"It basically said that the Lexington Heights subdivision was having some issues with the water well pump and that they would keep us updated," Dedominicis said Sunday. "This morning, we got another email saying that they were waiting on parts and we would be without water, and they were hoping that the water would come in, the parts would come in sometime today."

The outage prompted Keough to host a water distribution. Cars of people from the subdivision formed a line to pick up their cases.

"I moved in yesterday, and I'm just without water and kind of just freezing out here, but trying to get some free water," resident Nathan Nguyen said before the repairs. "It's pretty nice that they're able to do it for us, and I appreciate it."

As far as the cause, the judge said it has to do with an electrical problem and some parts for a water pump. On Monday, the judge said the cause was still under review.

Keough said he suspects this has to do with the weather, but he doesn't know for sure yet.

In Montgomery County, officials were also working to fix a power outage impacting their emergency operations center, the county airport, and several hundred residences that started around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.

County officials said they found a utility pole that had fallen over, but they don't know whether it was weather-related.

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